Improvement in children s carriages



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than mine,

RO'SOO'E .G. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 102,927, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S CARRIAG-ES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sam'e.

Be it known that I, 'Roso'oE G. ELDER, of the city, county and State of NewiYork, have invented a new and-useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and,exa-ct description thereof, which will enable .those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the"accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specifi cation, in which drawing- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of this invention;

Figure 2 is a detached sectional View of thedro'p .and front axle, in a larger scale than the previonsfigure. v FigureB is a detached end view of the same; Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. This invention consists ,inthe arrangement of. a'drop or hearing for thefront axle, formed beyond or-b'elow' .the end of the sill,- and attached to saidsill by means of a strap or cap, in such, amaune'r, that by said drop the end of thesill is protected, and a neat and orna mentalfinis'h is given to The drop is; only partially bored'thronghto receive the end of the axle, which is drawn uptight by means'of a screw tapped in its endin sucha manner that the axle remains stationary, .while the wheelsrevolve thereon and that by unscrewing the screws, the axle can be readily taken out of the dropsavithont unfitstening said drops from the sills.

In the drawing the letter A designates the front axle of a childrens carriage which has its hearings in Said drops are formed beyond or below the ends of the sills, each drop being attached to its sill by means of a bracket, c, which covers the end of the sill, and which may be made to extend up at the under side of said sill, as shown in fig. 3 of the drawing. By these means the end of the sill is protected by the drop, and when the drop is made in an ornamental form, it materially im- 7 proves the appearance of the carriage.

Each drop is bored out to receive the end of the 'axle A, the hole or socket in the drop extending only partially through the same, asshown in fig. 2, so that a shoulder, (Z, is formed in the interior of the drop, against which the end of the axle can be drawn up tight by means of a screw, 0, which, is tapped into the axle and passes loosely through a hole in the drop.

By this arrangement, the axle can be easily and firmly secured in -the drop, and, by removing the screw e, the axle-can be taken out without unscrewing the bracket 0. By i'nterposing one or more washers between the end of the axle and the shoulder d, the position of the axle can be accommodated to the length of the hub of the wheel, so that the wheel'will run freely on the axle without binding. ing tapped into the end of the axle, may be made to bear on the side of thesamein the manner of an ordinary set screw, so that the axle can be moved in and out, and retained in the desired position. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The arrangement of a drop, a, beyond, or' below the end of the sill b of a childrens carriage, so as to protect said end and impart to it an ornamental appearance, substantially as set forth.

2. The shoulder 11 in the interior of the drop a, in

combination 'with the screw 0 and axle A, substantially as, and. for the purpose herein shown and described.

Thisspecification signed by me this 4th a day of' April, 1870. 4

ROSOOE GLELDER. Witnesses:

W. 'HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

The screw 0' instead of be- 

